Analog TO CO
2
Gas Sensing
Evaluation Kit
PY-DK-TO (PY0430)
Including Pyreos sensor PY0234
Software Version 4
User Guide
Rev. 3.0
Release September 2018
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Contents
1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 3
2 Getting started..................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Kit contents ................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Minimum system requirements ..................................................................... 3
3 Installation ........................................................................................................... 4
3.1 Install the Pyreos software ............................................................................ 4
3.2 Connect the PYDK demo kit.......................................................................... 4
4 Software user guide ............................................................................................ 5
4.1 Starting the software ..................................................................................... 5
4.2 Connecting software to the data capture board ............................................ 6
4.3 Data capture board control ............................................................................ 8
4.3.1 Data capture settings .............................................................................. 8
4.3.2 RMS values ............................................................................................ 9
4.3.3 RMS width value ..................................................................................... 9
4.4 Viewing live data Oscilloscope window .................................................... 11
4.5 Saving data to CSV (comma separated value) file ...................................... 13
5 PC to PCB communications .............................................................................. 15
5.1 Commands description ............................................................................... 15
6 Sampling and signal processing for Pyreos TO sensors ................................... 16
7 Emitter Voltage Setting ..................................................................................... 18
7.1 Saturation of Signal ..................................................................................... 18
7.2 Method ........................................................................................................ 20